Sri Lankan Christians have joined hundreds of people in cleaning litter from beaches as part of a nationwide campaign aiming ...

At around 11:30am local time on Sunday, a rogue group of monkeys jumped into the Panadura Power Station in Sri Lanka, with ...

Sri Lanka is becoming a tourism hotspot for Ayurvedic medicine. Autumn Phillips discusses her experience of yoga, meditation and retreats in her latest column.

In the heated afternoon of what the Galle Literary Festival 2025 (GLF) calls ‘The Garden Stage,’ an open-mic session quietly ...

On December 26, 2004, the No. 50 Matara Express, Queen of the Sea, was packed with 1,700 passengers heading south through Sri Lanka. But as the train stopped in Ambalangoda, a catastrophe was already ...

Former Jaffna district Parliamentarian and ex-Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK) President Somasundaram Senathirajah known ...

There are all sorts of whirlpools going on in cricket, what with Ireland playing Zimbabwe and Australia playing Sri Lanka.

Mrs Sri Lanka's celebratory dance with South Africa's Tshego Gaelae, the first black Mrs World winner, showcases pageant ...

Freedom, Liberty and Independence. Three words that seemingly have the same meaning, but differ slightly in their interpretation. Sri Lanka gained ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

Have you ever heard the saying, “Do what makes you come alive, because what the world needs is people who have come alive”?

Thilakarajah first started writing poetry in school. He encountered Velupillai’s work in his Tamil literature syllabus and ...